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Guilford Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - CONTACT US

"CONTACT US Straw and Martin Insurance and C.A. Smith Photography, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society The Straw and Martin Building shown here…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… is dressed in "white waste and fashionable felt & straw hat" as depicted by John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper who…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"C.A. Smith rented space from Straw & Martin for his photography studio. It is not known if the studio was located on the first or second floor."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… large not very tall wears usually a low crowned straw hat drab or yellow pants & vest sometimes a black coat & sometimes dark or brown most…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… colored." Portrait of a young woman with a straw hat, South Berwick, ca. 1865Maine Historical Society Six examples of Samuel Carleton’s…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"Hay and straw free.” $5.00 paid to 1st place for best heard, 1 male and 4 females. A sample of other categories: stallions, matched and gentlemen’s…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"… of Falmouth in 1775 by the British was a final straw for many of those undecided about separation."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"After the bank closed, it became Straw and Martin, which was an Insurance Agency. What is it now? Well, Bank Square is now the Guilford Historical…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"Young woman in straw hat, ca. 1900Maine Historical Society The MHS Early Photograph Compiled Collections are an amalgamation of daguerreotypes…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… was made up of sawdust, charcoal powder, straw, or hay. Occasionally, brick or stone-walled ice houses were built into a bank of earth with an…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… was made up of sawdust, charcoal powder, straw, or hay. Occasionally, brick or stone-walled ice houses were built into a bank of earth with an…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… the mill and the store was moved by the office of Straw and Martin at the mouth of Mill Street. The store was moved again across the river and…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"Hussey, H. Douglass, J. Pollock, D.R. Straw, Z.L. Turner, and F.B. Stevens. Years later, The Draper Corporation, utilizing part of the premises…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Carnegie gave $5000. Mr. Daniel Straw donated the land and another $5000.00 was raised by local citizens. Mr."